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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in blended learning have enabled students in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like French Guiana to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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